An American Cardinal: The Biography of Cardinal Timothy Dolan

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boyle, Christina, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dolan, Timothy Michael.

Cardinals--United States--Biography.

Cardinals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

An American Cardinal

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] St Martin's Press 2014

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The most powerful Roman Catholic leader in the United States had humble beginnings. Timothy Michael Dolan was born in Maplewood, Missouri in 1950. From an early age, those around him knew that he would become a priest. Through college and seminary, his power and spirituality grew. He was formally ordained in 1976. In 2009, he was made Archbishop of New York. Several months later he was elevated to cardinal. There were clear signs that the ailing Pope Benedict XVI saw him as a bright hope for the future. During the 2013 conclave, Vatican experts seriously wondered if he would be chosen to lead the Catholics of the world. The cardinal's rise is not, however, without its controversies. He was one of the Catholic leaders who dealt, harshly say some, with abusers and the abused in the church's sex scandal. He is a consummate player who doesn't shy away from picking a political battle. Christina Boyle's An American Cardinal is a book about power and the Roman Catholic church today framed by the life of a man who might someday become the first American pope.

Contents:

Conclave

Ballwin, Missouri

Holy Infant

Student days

The North American College, Rome

Rising up the ladder

Rector Dolan

Saint Louis

Milwaukee

New York

White smoke.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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ISBN:

9781250032881

1250032881

OCLC:

893677633